TheyDo, the leading journey management platform, announced an additional $34 million in funding today (14th March 2024). Blossom Capital led the round, supported by other existing investors Arches Capital and Innovation Quarter and joined by global customer experience evangelist Steven van Belleghem, Highsage Ventures and 20Sales. The round will enable TheyDo to continue leading the journey management movement at scale; increase R&D, focus on AI and data ingestion; and build out its customer-facing team in the United States. 

Discovery Park, Kent’s thriving life science community, has launched a special edition of their growth and support programme, Discovery Spark, for startups in FemTech and Women’s Health. 

The Elite Business Top 100 (EB100) 2024 Award Ceremony took place last night in St. Paul’s, London. The annual event shines a much-needed spotlight on the outstanding Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) found across the United Kingdom.

The founder and first CEO of the streaming platform Netflix, Marc Randolph, will be one of the main speakers at South Summit Madrid 2024, the world's leading meeting of the entrepreneurial ecosystem co-organized by IE University, which will be held at La Nave in  Madrid between June 5 and 7.

Global proptech venture capital firm Pi Labs has today launched ‘Sustainably Intelligent: AI for a Greener Built World’, a research report that uncovers new details about the transformative impact that artificial intelligence will have on reducing carbon impact in the real estate industry and built environment.

Spyrosoft Ltd. will support the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) with Digital Engineering Augmentation services in the UK. According to the cooperation agreement signed in December 2023, Spyrosoft will act as an external partner providing technology expertise and resources to expand its media technology teams in the United Kingdom.

Oxford University Innovation proposes a new target to increase the proportion of women founders or co-founders from 15 per cent in 2015-16 to 50 per cent by 2030. The University of Oxford’s Increasing Diversity in Enterprising Activities (IDEA) initiative aims to promote inclusivity in entrepreneurial activities, first tackling the under-representation of women in entrepreneurship. Over the past eight years, the proportion of women founders and co-founders of spinout companies at the University of Oxford has roughly doubled to over 28 per cent.

London-based Ada Ventures, an inclusive VC firm that supports breakthrough ideas, has announced the close of an oversubscribed £63 million fund designed to support a diverse cohort of early-stage founders.

Founders at the University of Cambridge, the premier initiative aimed at empowering and expediting the impact of University founders, has announced the 11 venture science startups participating in its inaugural Start Accelerator programme.

Necture, previously known as Ubiq, a technology firm at the forefront of accelerating the adoption of electric fleets, recently declared that it has secured additional investment, elevating its total Series A funding to €7 million.

The impressive impact of the rising tide of UK female founders has been spotlighted at a special International Women’s Day reception at the House of Lords.

Deep Science Ventures and CGIAR’s Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT (The Alliance) announce a strategic partnership to advance their mutual Agriculture, Health, Environmental, and Climate objectives, through the Venture Science Doctorate (VSD).

The Hustle Awards stands as the paramount acknowledgment in the realm of tech startups, distinguished by a rigorous and impartial adjudication process led by esteemed luminaries in the business sphere.

Airnguru, specialising in pricing intelligence, fare management, and price automation for airlines, disclosed today that it has raised $1 million in pre-Series A funding.

Tim Levy, the founder and CEO of AI startup Twyn, has called on the UK Government to reevaluate its AI strategy, emphasising the need for a greater focus on the media, film, music, and entertainment sectors to establish the UK as a global AI pioneer.